It's not the red tape that makes it so expensive, it's the construction delays caused by the constant injunctions filed against them that really drives up the costs. https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F... I used to live about 2 miles from this site about 20 years ago.

I remember back when we had chat bots like the Bonzi Buddy in 1999.
Now in 2024, we have the technology to run a full rendered chat bot, using local or online chat apis, but it still doesnt exist.
Tavern AI and other chat apps/services exist, but they are only static images.

Why no realistic person avatar for the desktop yet?

So this would have been perfectly fine if they paid for licenses to film the music video.

Its sad, dac/amps make headphones sound so much better. The LG phones had them, but LG is discontinued. Think the Sony and Asus gamer phones have them. Samsung tablets don't have headphone jacks anymore. But entry level samsung and motorola do. So the high end and low end users use wired headphones, but the middle class will gladly buy bluetooth?

Its strange, I can understand replacing sdcards since they could include a TB internally, but most are still cheaping out on internal storage.

But dac/amps are still light years better than bluetooth. I use one in my car to hook up my phone, its louder and better than bluetooth.

For a world with needs/options, removing a simple headphone jack seems very insulting to users.

Prob not a bad idea to keep AM around, since many rural communities still have AM.
Even better include HD Radio for AM, for better quality.

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As for cost, that doesnt really make sense, as they build everything in bulk for their car lines.
Its bad enough many cars dont include AUX jacks anymore.

Removing simple things that people use, to save a few pennies is kinda absurd.

I use IRC!

Why can't the FBI target these malicious bot networks? They seem to be only focusing on software sharing sites and torrent networks.

Seems crazy that Google has to do this in the lack of the FBI's action.

Since AI will be used as a tools in art, tools are allowed and copyright is retained. But whats the agreed amount to retain copyright under USCO?

AI generation will be filling in gaps, offering suggestions, fine tuning, filling in effects, etc. Media will handily adopt it to speed up processes.

Maybe it's the amount of prompts given vs the ai generation. If you describe the scene, the characters, the look and feel, and the dialog, but AI generates the images? Thats just giving a book a visual to your story.

I have favorite sci-fi authors, in the future I could see AI generating movies based off the books, maybe starting as Anime until the technology can generate a full movie, or at least a graphic novel to start. That should probably retain copyright.

I'm also expecting AI to be implemented in music, offer suggestions, make modifications, until it can fully generate music. The cross over from tool usage to humanless music generation is where copyright most likely should end.

Twitter went beyond banning the url from posts and comments, they used its child porn filters to exclude the new yorks times news article in private direct messages.

Most don't use headphones at all with their cellphones.

Doesn't everyone just have a collection of apps you need and stick to those? I can't even remember when I bought an App. Even free apps only get downloaded when absolutely needed.

Indeed, that is why anyone with a clue wouldn't make important (hell, any... ) devices on a Cloud Service. I, and I hope nobody with a clue, wouldn't accept a firewall that is cloud dependent.

Mine beeps but also gives me an estimate for the time needed. That is useful. I just set an alert on my phone based on that time. Not hard.

Amazon Prime also allows you to download the content. (At least on a phone/tablet you can, I don't know for computers. Probably not.)

I don't expect support from any vendor on any platform. It's that simple.